Buy & Sell

Help

Newsletter

Posted May 3, 2012 12:10 am - Updated January 22, 2016 04:10 pm

Looking Back

May 1, 2000

There could be a new cop walking the beat in Guyton as early as June.

The Guyton City Council, which voted in March to severe its six-year-old contract with the Effingham County Sheriff’s Department, is trying to find the money to hire at least one full-time police officer.

Officials say they think they can do it, although it may mean raising property taxes.

‘’It seems to me we may have no other choice,’’ council member Karen Cantaline said. ‘’It wouldn’t necessarily be by an astronomical amount.’’

The city now assesses a 3-mill property tax, generating about $25,000. During a workshop last week, council members discussed raising taxes 1 mill.

‘’Nobody is saying we’re definitely going to raise taxes, but we’re asking that question,’’ council member Michael Garvin said. ‘’We need to look at every option we can to fund this.’’

The Rincon Police Department is chipping in a used police car — complete with blue lights and other emergency equipment — along with some uniforms and a gun.

In Springfield, Chief Richard Newell agreed several months ago to be appointed as Guyton’s interim police chief so that the city could begin applying for a federal COPS grant to help cover start-up costs.

A study projected that it would cost an estimated $200,000 per year to provide the city with 24-hour police protection.

Source: Savannah Morning News

May 3, 2000

Customers filtered into Rincon’s Winn-Dixie Marketplace on Tuesday afternoon just as they always have.

But outside near the store’s doors sat a spiral-bound notebook with more than 1,400 signatures of people who don’t want the store to close.

Close it will, with its last day set for May 10.

Most of the store’s 108 employees are expected to easily find other jobs, store manager Scott Harding said.

“That’s the main thing I was worried about when the news came down,’’ said Harding, who referred inquiries to Winn-Dixie’s regional headquarters in Jacksonville. A spokesman did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

The 75-year-old grocery store chain is eliminating about 11,000 jobs, and closing 114 unprofitable stores and three division offices. It expects to save $400 million per year after a one-time charge of $450 million to $550 million.